Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
HETEROGENITE	Co³⁺O(OH)	oxides and hydroxides	-	major

Description

Description: sample composed of powder (radioactive)

Information: Deliens, M., 1974. Les Oxydes Hydratés de Cobalt du Shaba Méridional (République du Zaïre). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série In-8°, n° 76, 80 pp. // De Putter, T., Decrée, S., Lubaba Nkulu Banza, C. & Nemery, B., 2011. Mining the Katanga (DRC) Copperbelt: geological aspects and impacts on public health and the environment – towards a holistic approach. In Kribek, B. (ed.), Mining and the Environment in Africa. Proceedings of the Inaugural Workshop IGCP/SIDA No. 594, Kitwe, Zambia, October 17-18 2011. Czech Geological Survey, Prague, p. 17-20. // Decrée, S., Deloule, E., De Putter, T., Dewaele, S., Mees, F., Baele, J.M. & Marignac, C., 2014. Dating of U-rich heterogenite : new insights into U deposit genesis and U cycling in the Katanga Copperbelt. Precambrian Research 241, 17-28. // Decrée, S., Pourret, O. & Baele, J.M., 2015. Rare earth element fractionation in heterogenite (CoOOH): implication for cobalt oxidized ore in the Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo). Journal of Geochemical Exploration 159, 290-301. // sample for geochronology

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Katanga
Locality: Shinkolobwe

Specification

Donors: Francotte UMHK

Donation year: 1966
Sampling year:

Registration date:
Quantity: X

Size: powder

Dimension code 1>2>3: 3

Quality code 1>2>3: 1
Holotype: no

Paratype: no

Radioactive: yes
Thin section: no

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 10816